Bernadette J. Brooten is an American religious scholar and Kraft-Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University.[1]

Biography

Brooten graduated from University of Portland with a B.A., and Harvard University with a Ph.D. in 1982.[2][3] Her doctoral thesis was entitled Inscriptional Evidence for Women as Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue.[4] Brooten studied theology at the University of Tübingen and at Hebrew University.[5] She taught at the Claremont Graduate School,[6] the University of Tübingen,[2] Harvard Divinity School,[7] and the University of Oslo with a 1998 Fulbright Fellowship.[3] She served on the Advisory Committee for the Women's Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School from 1997 to 2008.[3] She is also a linguist with eight languages besides English to her credit.[5]

Brooten is the founder and director of the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project at Brandeis.[8]

Her work is located primarily within the New Testament, post-biblical Judaism, early literature and history, women and religion, and feminist sexual ethics (with a particular focus on law and sexuality).[3][8]

She is currently[as of?] writing a book on early Christian women who were enslaved or who owned enslaved laborers.[citation needed]

Awards

Selected works

  • "The modern face of slavery", The Boston Globe, November 19, 2006[10]
  • Beyond Slavery: Overcoming Its Religious and Sexual Legacies, Palgrave-MacMillan, 2010, ISBN 978-0-230-10017-6
  • Women Leaders in The Ancient Synagogue: Inscriptional Evidence and Background Issues, Scholars Press, 1982, ISBN 978-0-89130-587-3
  • Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism, University of Chicago Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-226-07592-1[11]
  • "Female Homoeroticism", Immaculate & powerful: the female in sacred image and social reality, Editors Clarissa W. Atkinson, Constance H. Buchanan, Margaret Ruth Miles, Beacon Press, 1985, ISBN 978-0-8070-1004-4
  • "Acts of the Apostles", Women priests: a Catholic commentary on the Vatican declaration, Editors Leonard J. Swidler, Arlene Swidler, Paulist Press, 1977, ISBN 978-0-8091-2062-8
  • Frauen in der Männerkirche, Editors Bernadette Brooten, Norbert Greinacher, Kaiser, 1982, ISBN 978-3-459-01424-8

References

  1. ^ Barlow, Rich (August 6, 2005). "Caucus On Religion Thumbs The Past". City & Region. The Boston Globe. p. B2.
  2. ^ a b Standhartinger, Angela (September 2022). "The Influence and Impact of Bernadette Brooten Not Only on LGBTIQ+ People in Germany". Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 38 (2): 183–189. doi:10.2979/jfemistudreli.38.2.16. S2CID 253082036.
  3. ^ a b c d Carll, Johanna (December 2023). "Papers of Bernadette J. Brooten, 1966-1985". Harvard Library.
  4. ^ Brooten, Bernadette J. (1982). Inscriptional Evidence for Women as Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue (PhD thesis). Harvard University. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Moore, Lillian (March 24, 1978). "Idahoan Remembers Guns In Lebanon". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 3.
  6. ^ Dart, John (March 28, 1981). "Ancient Synagogue Studies Question Status of Women". Los Angeles Times. p. 31.
  7. ^ Dart, John (February 2, 1991). "Apostle's Sexuality Debated". The Charlotte Observer. Los Angeles Times. p. 2A.
  8. ^ a b Ramos, Nestor (February 24, 2019). "Patriots Owner Silent Amid Questions". The Boston Globe. pp. B1, B6.
  9. ^ "Poets, Advocates and Other Gensiuses". The Albuquerque Tribune. June 4, 1998. p. B6.
  10. ^ Brooten, Bernadette (November 19, 2006). "The Modern Face Of Slavery". Op-Ed. Boston.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020.
  11. ^ Brooten, Bernadette J. (November 1, 1998). Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-07592-1.

Further reading

Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Brooten
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